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11th February 2023, 08:47 PM | #1 |
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How about a rapier length to be according to its owner stature. I hear that the ideal length is that in the quillons (crossbar) come up to your belly button, when the point is resting on the floor; between 99 cms. and 114 cms. total length. Just because a little fellow looks to have a sword proportional to his best handling, such would not demoted from the rapier typology.
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12th February 2023, 03:58 AM | #2 | |
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As far as I have understood the only specifications setting standard for sword blade length were those prohibiting excessive length rapier blades. The notion of a minimum standard may have been a convention in cases as noted by Mr. Puype. |
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